Quotes on Track Runners

Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.

I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

When I came to New York in 1978, I was a full-time school teacher and track runner, and determined to retire from competitive running. But winning the New York City Marathon kept me running for another decade.

There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing

There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.